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Umbire the Phantom: cats

2026-04-06T06:36:51Z

cats

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2025-05-10T05:43:29Z

pothole

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2025-04-08T11:31:14Z

pothole

Ion frigate: worth noting, as we note for undead slayer

2025-03-02T07:39:22Z

worth noting, as we note for undead slayer

Noisytoot: Add ascension rate information for dNetHack. Does not include drow noble as nethackscoreboard doesn't support separating ascension rate for a race/role combo by gender.

2023-12-23T06:02:29Z

Add ascension rate information for dNetHack. Does not include drow noble as nethackscoreboard doesn't support separating ascension rate for a race/role combo by gender.

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Noisytoot: (dNetHack) crystal plate mail isn't that good any more, wizard nameable artifacts don't exist (I'm also not sure wizard is so easy because spells aren't that good but I didn't change that), eregen doesn't affect incantifiers any more

2023-12-23T05:42:47Z

(dNetHack) crystal plate mail isn't that good any more, wizard nameable artifacts don't exist (I'm also not sure wizard is so easy because spells aren't that good but I didn't change that), eregen doesn't affect incantifiers any more

Umbire the Phantom: ver

2022-08-22T04:34:42Z

ver

Umbire the Phantom: /* Slash'EM Extended roles */ del

2022-08-22T04:33:20Z

‎Slash'EM Extended roles: del

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Chris: /* dNetHack roles */

2021-05-30T18:37:22Z

‎dNetHack roles

Chris: /* dNetHack roles */

2021-05-30T18:33:16Z

‎dNetHack roles

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-{{variant-343}}
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-[[Category:Variants]]
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-[[Category:Roles]]
+[[Category:Variant strategy]]
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 |6||[[Barbarian]]||Charged 3x more in shops||N/A
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-|7||[[Rogue]]||Ultra-powerful guaranteed sacrifice gift: [[Bat from Hell]] Charged 3x more in shops||4%
+|7||[[Rogue]]||Ultra-powerful guaranteed sacrifice gift: [[Bat from Hell (SLASH'EM)|Bat from Hell]] Charged 3x more in shops||4%
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 |8||[[Caveman]]||Gets underground vision but [[The Sceptre of Might (SLASH'EM)|the Sceptre of Might]] is considerably weaker||N/A

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 |7||[[Rogue]]||Ultra-powerful guaranteed sacrifice gift: [[Bat from Hell]] Charged 3x more in shops||4%
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-|8||[[Caveman]]||Gets underground vision but the [[Sceptre of Might]] is considerably weaker||N/A
+|8||[[Caveman]]||Gets underground vision but [[The Sceptre of Might (SLASH'EM)|the Sceptre of Might]] is considerably weaker||N/A
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 |9||[[Wizard]]||Starts with more but lower-level spells||5%

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 |4||[[Monk]]||Powerful [[technique]]s and automatic AC bonuses as level increases||6%
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-|5||[[Yeoman]]||Two powerful guaranteed sacrifice gifts: [[Sword of Justice]] and [[Reaper]]||N/A
+|5||[[Yeoman]]||Slow, but two powerful guaranteed sacrifice gifts: [[Sword of Justice]] and [[Reaper]]||N/A
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 |6||[[Barbarian]]||Charged 3x more in shops||N/A

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 | Easy.  Strong starting weapon and stats makes up for bad AC.
 | Normal. Thoth Amon's spellcasting can pose a problem to non-magic resistant Barbarians, but his HP is unimpressive and a fast Barbarian can catch him off guard and kill him with the bonus melee attacks.
-| Easy.  The Barbarian's iterative attacks and full BAB gives them nearly unrivaled damage output.  The quest artifact is very powerful, providing several necessary resistances and giving unlimited uncurse.  MR and reflection are also provided, leaving the armor slots open for something like dNetHack's improved [[crystal plate mail]]. A fully enchanted crystal plate mail can give ''30'' AC! (16 base + 14 for enchantment)
+| Easy.  The Barbarian's iterative attacks and full BAB gives them nearly unrivaled damage output.  The quest artifact is very powerful, providing several necessary resistances and giving unlimited uncursing.  MR and reflection are also provided, leaving the armor slots open for something like dNetHack's improved [[crystal plate mail]], [[eilistran armor]], or another colour of [[dragon scale mail]].
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 | Hard. Low damage starting weapon, low to-hit due to stats, and bad AC makes melee difficult. Force Bolt can easily kill most early game threats, but weak power supply limits its use. Furthermore, most early game AC solutions hamper with spellcasting, so a Wizard looking to improve their AC usually have to give up Force Bolt. Their first gift, Magicbane, is a very decent melee weapon though.
 | Normal. The Dark One's Flesh to Stone spell can cause delayed instant death, so several lizard corpses/stone to flesh spell is crucial. His other spells can be threatening, but with Magicbane most of them should be nullified.
-| Easy. With the various attack spells (finger of death, magic missile and fireball/cone of cold) as well as the powerful [[dNetHack artifacts#High-level artifacts|Wizard-exclusive nameable artifacts]], late game Wizards should be able to demolish everything in their way.
+| Easy. With the various attack spells (finger of death, magic missile and fireball/cone of cold), late game Wizards should be able to demolish everything in their way.
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 | Easy.  The massive quantities of power make casting spells incredibly easy.  Once he is confident, a incantifier wizard can easily clear the mines.  Make sure to grab any enchanted items, and stash it for food later.  Incantifier wizards can also quickly improve their AC by keeping an eye out for enchanted gear.  And make sure to watch your HP, as incantifiers don't naturally regen health.
 | Easy. Intrinsic magic resistance is nice, and the starting robe is quite useful for casting harder spells later.  Keep an eye out for rings with positive extrinsics, and consider eating some to gain it.  Rings of regeneration are very useful, as the extra hunger penalty doesn't seem to affect an incantifier  For the quests, make sure to bring lizard corpses in addition to acid, to prevent the Dark One's Flesh-to-Stone spell.  Lizards provide some resistance versus this, even if you can't eat them.
-| Easy. Easy permanent intrinsics via ring eating, the Silver Key slows down food consumption massively (energy regen while carried), and the massive mana pool and spellcasting bonus provides easier casts of high-level spells.
+| Easy. Easy permanent intrinsics via ring eating, and the massive mana pool and spellcasting bonus provides easier casts of high-level spells.
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 |'''Madman'''
-| Very Hard.  The Madman begins the game stuck in a straitjacket (which prevents the use of hands), their gods start angry at them, they don't have a traditional pet, and they hallucinate. While skillful play can allow surprising progress to be made even in the face of all of these disadvantages, the Madman may ultimately depend on the RNG to provide a means of escaping the jacket. Playing as a Vampire can help the madman survive the early game.
+| Very Hard.  The Madman begins the game stuck in a straitjacket (which prevents the use of hands), their gods start angry at them, they don't have a traditional pet, and occasionally find monsters disguised as other monsters. While skillful play can allow surprising progress to be made even in the face of all of these disadvantages, the Madman may ultimately depend on the RNG to provide a means of escaping the jacket. Playing as a Vampire can help the madman survive the early game.
 | Normal. The madman needs a unicorn horn and a decent weapon to take on the quest, and care must be taken around the quest enemies. However, the nemesis, while resilient, is not a serious threat.
 | Normal.  Madmen have no strong pluses or minuses going in to the late game. They do, however, need to be careful about gaining too much insight too quickly.